war in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for war in the English»French Dictionary

I.war [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr] N

1. war (armed conflict):

war
in the war
to win/lose a war
to go off to the war
war deaths

II.war <pres part warring; pret, pp warred> [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr] VB intr

war-weary [Am ˈwɔrˌwɪri] ADJ

war in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for war in the English»French Dictionary

war no pl, no indef art:

war
to be at war
a state of war
in time of war
a war hero
to declare war on sb/sth a. fig
to go to war
to wage war against sb/sth fig

internecine war [ɪntəˈni:saɪnˌwɔ:ʳ, Am -t̬ɚˈni:sɪn-] N

war Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

in the event of a war

war Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

Translations for war in the French»English Dictionary

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
War bond sales increased but enlistments went down.
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Around them lie the silent husks of war: a submarine, a warplane, tracked transports, tent pegs, ships and shells some still waiting to explode.
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The city also had 59,826 flats, of which 11,153 (about 19%) were still undamaged by the time the war ended.
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For example, a man could not go on the warpath without first performing the war-bundle feast, which contained two parts.
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His war diary describes how he sighted a lone merchant ship, with no defensive armament (an unusual sight by 1917).
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She believes there is a peaceful solution to the current war-torn country.
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Both stores were looted in the final days of the war.
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We very soon came to realise how much easier it was to make war than to reorganise for peace.
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Our nation will be harrowed by this war.
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Perhaps for fear of planning a new attack, he decided to reconvene several councils of war.
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